Necktie-presser.



J. E. BURDETT.

NEGKTIE PRESSER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1913.

Patented July 7 Qvi 3mm/Mom, JEBarde.

\ THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOT-LITHO.. WASHINGTON, Dv C.

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JAMES E. BUBDETT, OF GLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TQr JOHN T. DW YER, OF CLAREMONT, NEIN HAMPSHIRE.

NECKTIE-PRESSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

resented Jury 7, i914..

Application led September l2, 1913. Serial No. 789,560.

T0 all whomy tmc/.y concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. BURDETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Claremont, in the county of Sullivamstate of New I-Ianipshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inl Necktie Iressers; and I do hereby declare the following tofbe a full, clear, and exact deseription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relatesto certain novel and useful improvements in necktie pressers and has particular application to an article adapted especially for pressing and stretching string neckties, four-in-hands `and the like.

As is well known, after a necktie has been worn two or three times, it becomes rumpled and creased so that it presents a very untidy appearance, and it is frequently a matter of inconvenience, especially to travelers, to have the tie pressed when it is desired to Wear the same. It is my purpose in the present instance to provide an exceedingly simple, compact and efficient form of press by means of which one or more ties may be stretched and pressed so that all creases and wrinkles will be removed therefrom. I also aim to provide a pressing device which is composed of relatively few parts so that it may be manufactured and marketed at a relatively low cost.

With the above recited objects and others of a similarnature in view, my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangementof parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a necktie presser or stretcher embodying my invention, a tie stretched thereon being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 9. is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the clamping bar. Fig. t is a vertical sectional view on the line 4-4- of Fig. 1.

In the present instance I have shown my invention as embodied in a tie presser or stretcher which is designed for use in pressing at least two ties, but` I wish it to be understood of course that the proportions of the device may be varied so that any de;

sired number of ties may be accommodated thereby. i y

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, the letter A indicates as an entirety the frame of the device which is preferably made of a. singlev piece of wire bent kinto rectangular form and comprising the side bars 1-.-1 and the top bar 2 which is provided with the inwardly bent or bowed portions 3-3 separated by the outwardly bowed central portion 4. The meeting ends of the wire which form the lower portion or bottom of the frame .are indicated by the numeral 6*@ and are connected by the coupling sleeve 5,.the portionsV of the wire above the meeting ends being bent to form the compound loops 7 7. Extending transversely of the central portion of the frame and connected at its ends to the side bars thereon is the bar 8, which is preferably formed of two strands of wire separated so that the tie B may be run therethrough if desired.

The numeral 10 designates the retaining closed loop bar which is designed to lit over and slide on the side members of the frame, said bar being movable along the frame in the manner readily understood, and after the tie has been wrapped or stretched upon the frame this bar may be shifted over the same to firmly bind the tie and hold the same against displacement.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction and manner of employing my invention will be readily understood. One manner in which it may be used is shown in the drawing. In applying the tie for the purpose of stretching the same, one end of the tie is slipped through one of the compound loops forming a part of the bottom bar of the frame.y and the tie is then carried upward over the alining depressed portion of the top bar, thence down between the members of the central transverse bar, thence around the compound loop of the bottom bar and thence up over the depressed portion of the top bar again, and so on until the tie is completely wrapped or stretched .on the frame. lThe retaining loop bar is then shifted over the tie and along the side members of the frame to securely vbind the tie upon the presser. p It ,will thusbe seen that when the tie is stretched. upon the` latter it lmay'be'dravvn as taut as desired to position 'so that it will notbe drawn off, no

matter what tension is applied to the same;

I have described one manner in Whichthe tie. maybe Wrapped or stretched upon the device,Y but itwill of course b e understood that. this may be varied to suit the individual re-` quirements. As stated, a number of ties may -be Wrapped upon the frame and they .may

be-removed-thereform one at a time as required. lil/'hat I-.cla-im'is: l. kA dev-ice .of the class ydescribed come prising a ramie'member lprovided Witha holding loop'atone'side thereof, and a depression formed in the-opposite side of the frame, a centralbar extending across ,the

frame :and a slidifn retaining bar 'for-bind ing a tie upon gtherame. y

l2. A device ofthe class'described'comprisf bent into approximately :rectangular form, the-lower side of v'the 'f1-ame having a .depressed portion, va central lbar extending transversely-betweenthe side members of the frame, and a `sliding retaining kloop movable upon the rside members of 4the "frame for holding the tie stretched upon the frame.

Adevce ofthe class describedeO-mprsinga Wire rameineluding a transversejtop bar, a transverse lbottom bar provided With a compound retaining loop and a sliding loop bar ymovable over the side members of the trame andadapted to bind atie upon said frame. v

4. A device ofthe-*class described eomprising a frame formed from a single piece of wire bent into approximately rectangular `form, the meetingsend of .the Wire at the lower side ofthe framebeing yeonnectedxby 1a sleeve .said Wireat :the lower side being :bent-tovorm a plurality of retaining loops, a transversely extending I doublegbar lconnected :tothe sidemembers'of )the-frame, the top of -ithe frame' being ybent to .providedepressed :sections Aseparatedby an `outwardly bowed portion,` and a sliding 4tie carried by the iframe.- l ing a yframe riferi-nedl of a singlepiece ofwire retaining ymember ln testimony whereof, I affix my-signa*ture,

V in the presence of two-Witnesses.

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